Farmer, musician.
Born on the family farm near Kaleida on 22 February 1929, son of Charles “Charlie” Clayton (1869-1962) and Phoebe Mary Ann “Polly” Card (1880-1965), he attended Kaleida School to grade 8. He began composing music at an early age, singing on radio in the 1950s. Dubbed the “Canadian Balladeer”, he performed and recorded country-gospel music until shortly before his death. On 22 May 1954, he married Margery Elizabeth “Marge” Redpath (1935-2000) and they had five children. He died at Manitou on 14 October 2023 and was buried in the St. Mary St. Alban Anglican Cemetery.
Obituary [Margery Elizabeth Clayton], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 November 2000.
Obituary, Wheatland Funeral Service.
“Made in Manitoba pays tribute to the yodeling cowboy Stew Clayton,” Steinbach Online, 20 October 2023.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 December 2023
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